Chapter 7 - GRANT HOLLOWAY FIGHTS BACK
Grant Holloway did not disappear.
He hired lawyers.
Then public relations.
His first statement accused Victor of trying to destroy a small local business to distract from Romano Capital’s own role.
That part was not entirely wrong.
Victor hated it.
Grant went further.
He said:
“Romano Capital demanded aggressive recovery performance. We met the targets they set.”
Thomas Keene denied giving illegal instructions.
Emails showed something more ambiguous.
Quarterly messages praised “higher field conversion.”
“Stronger asset realization.”
“Reduced consumer resistance.”
No email said:
Take wedding rings.
No email said:
Fake court orders.
But the incentives were clear.
Victor’s company rewarded outcomes without asking enough about methods.
Mara said:
“You need to be prepared for this to hurt you too.”
Victor looked at her.
“It should.”
She studied him.
“You mean that?”
“Yes.”
“Good. Because Grant’s defense will be: we did what investors wanted.”
Victor answered:
“Then we show where that’s true and where it isn’t.”
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He refused to turn himself into the hero of a problem partly financed by his own system.
That decision changed the case.
